Junior Platform Engineer

Netcompany is looking for talented Platform Engineers to join our growing Cloud Operations Team to help enhance the support delivery and evolution of our Netcompany Platforms this role you will help build high performing resilient and secure services for our clients working alongside a skilled and forward-thinking engineering community. 
 
As an Platform Engineer you will be central to designing implementing and operating cloud based solutions for a wide range of high-profile clients. Youll apply your expertise in cloud architecture Infrastructure as Code automation and Kubernetes to deliver scalable reliable and secure platforms that meet the demands of complex enterprise environments. 
 
This position offers significant opportunities for professional growth hands-on work with modern technologies and the chance to contribute to some of the industrys largest most complex and technically innovative programmes. 
 
Based in our new purposebuilt office in Leeds city centre you will be part of a forwardthinking organisation that prioritises continuous learning and invests in your professional development. 

We believe that responsibility improves your abilities. Whether you have recently graduated from university or have experience in other IT roles you will get a lot of responsibility from the moment you start at Netcompany. You will be supporting some of the largest most complex and technically innovative programmes and projects for some of the most prestigious organisations in the world. 

Qualifications :

Experience has shown us that when we trust our employees from day one they develop their personal and professional skills quickly. This provides a steep learning curve but your Operations Manager and team always have your back so you are never left on your own. 

Essential 

• 1 years practical DevOps/Platform Engineering experience
• Computer Science degree or relative
• Effective communication skills. You will work collaboratively as part of a team in a fast-paced business sector. 
• Ability to plan organise and clearly report progress and issues. 
• Strong analytical troubleshooting and problemsolving skills. 
• Must be willing to do UK based travel for projects 
• Right to work in the UK 
• Ability to achieve UK Security Clearance 
• AWS core services including compute networking storage IAM DNS and load balancing. 
• Cloud security best practices and controls within AWS. 
• Containerisation and orchestration with ECS and/or EKS 
• Implementation and management of Infrastructure as Code in enterprise environments ideally using Terraform. 
• Experience using Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab or similar CI/CD tools to design build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.  
• Ability to automate complex operational tasks using scripting/programming languages such as Python or Bash. 
• Experience with monitoring observability and alerting using CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana and ELK/EFK in Kubernetes environments. 
• Understanding of backup resilience high availability and disaster recovery principles for AWS solutions. 
• Experience supporting production environments incident response root cause analysis and continuous service improvement. 

Desirable 

• Familiarity with service mesh ingress controllers and Kubernetes security best practices. 
• Implemented disaster recovery and high-availability solutions for critical systems. 
• Exposure to mutli-account AWS Environments multi-cloud architectures and hybrid cloud solutions 
• Understanding of cloud costoptimisation strategies and governance controls in AWS. 
• Relevant certifications such as:  
  • AWS Solutions Architect - Associate / Professional 
  • AWS SysOps/CloudOps Administrator or DevOps Professional 
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) qualification. 

Additional Information :

Benefits include

• Hybrid working model with some flexible working
• 25 days holiday Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development.
• A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle encompassing restaurants supermarkets travel leisure activities and health and well-being services.
• Access to our Employee Resource Groups our groups represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect learn and support one another.

At Netcompany we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit and our capacity for doing things differently. Our culture is built on fostering low bureaucracy emphasizing high agility and promoting flexibility enabling everyone to contribute their best.

Our journey began in the UK with the acquisition of Hunter Macdonald in 2017. As one of Northern Europes most accomplished IT companies we have expanded our headcount globally to 7400 employees and have offices in UK Denmark Norway Poland Holland and Vietnam. We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment that celebrates every individual. Our recruitment processes are based on individual merit.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support during the interview process please email Kelly at for assistance

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time